Firefighters honored, reunited with people they saved

Dozens of Coral Springs firefighters were honored Saturday at an awards ceremony attended by some of the people they saved who wanted to thank them for their heroic and caring work.

Eight survivors' families, Coral Springs fire department officials, commissioners and other grateful residents were on hand to honor more than 50 rescuers at the ceremony, said Capt. Rich Antonini.

"I am so proud of them and the work they have accomplished," said Fire Chief Mark Curran.

Among the happy survivors were a traffic crash victim who technically died but was revived by firefighters, the family of a one-year-old child who was successfully resuscitated after falling into a swimming pool, and a victim who was extricated from the mangled wreckage of a vehicle.